Tempest Weather vs Sferic Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tempest Weather
This app requires a separate sensor device to provide real-time weather conditions, lightning and rain alerts, and accurate forecasts. It integrates with smart home services to optimize energy, water usage, and alert you to approaching storms.
- Real-time weather conditions
- Lightning and rain alerts
- Accurate 10-day forecast
- Smart home integration
- Historical weather data
- Customizable data sharing
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This app requires the Tempest sensor device, which is available to buy separately. Need to set up and configure your Tempest Weather System? The Tempest app will walk you through a few simple steps, including connecting your home’s WiFi network. Once you’re up and running the app will quickly become your go-to for real-time weather conditions, lightning and rain alerts, and the most accurate forecast for your location - guaranteed. Data available in the Tempest app includes: Temp, humidity, dew point, feels like, heat index Barometric pressure, sea-level pressure, trends Lightning detection and alerts up to 40 km Wind, UV, solar irradiance Rain rate, accumulation, rain onset alerts 10-day forecast Historical weather data graphs Smart Home Ready: Use this app to save time, energy, and water by integrating with popular smart home and irrigation services. Use your weather data to optimize heating and cooling, adjust your irrigation schedule, and alert your family when lightning storms approach. Tempest is compatible with Google Assistant, Rachio, IFTTT, Siri, Alexa, Homey, and many more. Weather Geek Worthy: The Tempest device features an all-in-one sensor and long-range wireless connectivity (1000ft), sonic anemometer, and haptic rain sensor, but it is far more than just a cutting-edge piece of hardware. Each Tempest leverages WeatherFlow-Tempest’s patented Nearcast Technology™, which feeds real-time observed weather data from your backyard into a machine learning system to dramatically improve forecast accuracy where it matters most. Completely Customizable: Tempest’s open API and shareable data enable third-party use, with built-in publication to desktop software and online services.
Sferic Connect
This app ensures organizational compliance with severe weather policies to protect employees and infrastructure. It provides real-time weather conditions, alerts for severe threats, and forecasts for various locations. Access requires an organizational subscription.
- Severe weather threat monitoring
- Organization-wide policy compliance
- Real-time weather conditions
- Push alerts for severe weather
- Radar and lightning tracking
- Hourly and 7-day forecasts
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Sferic Connect keeps everyone at your organization on the same page, ensuring organization-wide compliance to severe weather policies that protect employees, the community and infrastructure. You require a subscription form your organization to login and use the app. To sign up, contact info@aem.eco. HIGHLIGHTS: • Monitor and alert on severe weather threats for mobile and fixed locations • Total organization control over weather related warnings and alerts • Real time conditions including temperature, humidity, wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT), wind, precipitation and lightning • Push alerting for severe weather based on the thresholds you define • Radar and lightning storm tracking on a contextual map • Hourly and 7-day forecasts for each location
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tempest Weather at 60% against Sferic Connect's 0%. Tempest Weather also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 61 months). Sferic Connect's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tempest Weather holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tempest Weather has 504 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Tempest Weather's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sferic Connect's.
Tempest Weather ships an update every 8 days, Sferic Connect every 61 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tempest Weather | Sferic Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (504 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 504 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 61 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #109 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WeatherFlow | Earth Networks |
Customer experience
Tempest Weather
Sferic Connect
Bugs and requests
Tempest Weather
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes on launch
- Widgets stop working after updates
- Complications not updating on Apple Watch
- Location detection issues
Requested features
7 requests- Add dark mode
- Improve graph visualization
- Integrate with smart home platforms
- Add more weather data points
- Improve notification settings
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- Add Apple TV app
- Provide more localization options
Sferic Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tempest Weather
No in-app purchases
Sferic Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tempest Weather free?
Is Sferic Connect free?
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